Private Project

Stromboli: a provocative island

Stromboli: a provocative island is a short film directed by Pascal Guerin and produced by ZED Productions, about archaeological excavations directed by Sara Levi in collaboration with David Yoon and in close interaction with the Italian volcanologist Mauro Rosi, made on a iconic and very active volcano located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea: Stromboli. This scientific and educational project has been hosting, in 11 years, more than 250 students from about 30 Universities in Europe and USA. The film documents the research made on a small collapsed church with several burials that shows a previously unknown late medieval occupation in the 14th century. How did the church collapse? What happened to the small community living there? The answer could come from a manuscript written by the famous Italian poet writer Francesco Petrarca on November 25, 1343. As another poet, Joseph Brodsky, expressed, Stromboli is a place where “geography provokes history”.

  • Pascal Guérin
    Director
  • Rocco Gallimbeni
    Writer
  • Sara Tiziana Levi
    Writer
  • Pascal Guérin
    Writer
  • ZED
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 31, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival
    Eugene, Oregon
    United States
    2021 Nominee
  • RAM Film Festival Rovereto Archeologia Memoria
    Rovereto
    Italy
    October 13, 2021
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • XXI Festival International de Cine Arquelogico del Bidasoa
    Irun
    Spain
    November 17, 2021
    Spain Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 16 Festival du Film d’Archeologie
    Amiens
    France
    April 1, 2022
    France Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • ZED
Director Biography - Pascal Guérin

Pascal Guérin

Director / Scriptwriter / Storyteller (fiction, documentary, comic books, immersive)

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-guerin-44538238/

Holder of a Master in Cinema and audiovisual Communication at Paris VIII University in connection with Montreal University, Pascal started as AD on commercials, a TV series and on 15 cinema features in France and abroad, in many genres, comedy, thriller, war film, romance, with famous French directors such as Bertrand Tavernier, Rithy Panh, Chantal Akerman…

Turned director, Pascal wrote and directed fiction shorts selected and awarded in international film festivals, plus 52’ and 90’ international documentaries focusing on History and Science. His multi awarded The Mysterious Volcano of Middle Ages was an audience hit in Europe and acclaimed by the French Academy of Sciences, and his last documentary, Tsunamis, facing a global threat, was also a hit in Europe and on Radio Canada and endorsed by UNESCO with the United Nations.

Fiction Awards
- Best Short Movie - Festival Scrittura E Immagine de Pescara (Italie)

Fiction Festivals selections
- Festival International de Clermont-Ferrand
- Festival International des Scénaristes de Bourges
- Festival Silhouette (Paris)
- Festival International du Film Expresion en corto (Mexique)
- Munich Francophone Short Films Festival (Allemagne)
- Festival International CinémaJove de Valencia (Espagne)

Documentary Awards
- Prix Roberval - Mention Spéciale du Jury
- Trophée d’Or (Grand Prix) - Festival du Film Scientifique Sciences-Réunion
- Prix du public (meilleur film) - Rencontres Montagnes & Sciences de Grenoble
- Prix des Lycéens - Festival International du Film Scientifique Pariscience 2020
- Prix des Lycéens - Festival International du Film Scientifique Pariscience 2018
- Prix de l’Environnement - 31e édition du FEISME de Strasbourg
- Firenze Archeofilm Award (meilleur film) - Festival International du film d’Archéologie, d’Art
et d’Environnement de Florence (Italie)
- Prix du public (meilleur film) & 3e Prix du Jury - 5th International Archaeology Film Festival de Split (Croatie)
- Prix du Jury - 12e Festival du Film d’Archéologie d’Amiens
- Prix ex æquo du meilleur scénario - Festival Filmar d’Hendaye
- Prix du Jury - Festival International du Film maritime, d'Exploration et d'Environnement de Toulon
- Prix Mediterranea de bronze - Festival International de l'image sous-marine et de l'aventure Mediterranea

2020/2021 Selection Festivals
- Festival International du film d’Archéologie, d’Art et d’Environnement de Florence (Italie)
- Goethe-Institut Science Films Festival (screened in 7 African countries and in the Philippines)
- The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival

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